Note also that the ducted helmets actually improve cooling. They're cooler at speed than helmetless.
-Adam Who doesn't ride without a helmet. On 1/12/08, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > >I don't either. I'm not particularly fond of them myself, though I do > >wear one more often than not these days. It's hard to tell the kiddos > >to put one on if Dad isn't wearing his. I don't wear one when it's > >really hot, because even with the ventilation I find them > uncomfortable. > > I also don't wear one when it's really cold, as the stuff I wear on > my > >head won't fit under the damn thing. > > > >I do wear one at night, when it's raining, or when visibility is > >impaired - mine has some reflective striping on it. Being seen is > >always good. I do think their effectiveness is debatable > > Not me. Not since July 26 last year. > Went down hard. 9 stitches next to left eye (just below where helmet > ends). The helmet was crushed in just above where I needed stitches. I > shudder to think what my head would have been like. My personal > physician said, "I used to think bike helmets were just window > dressing. Not any more." > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
